Charles Dickens
261) A Christmas carol
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Old Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest miser in London, is visited one Christmas eve by three spirits who change his life forever. George C. Scott stars as Scrooge in this critically acclaimed version of Charles Dickens' holiday classic.
262) A Christmas carol
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future, through a board book with sliding pieces and a wheel.
263) A Christmas carol
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Presents, in prose form, the Guthrie Theater's stage adaptation of the famous story in which the miserly Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas.
264) A Christmas carol
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Classic Dickens story about a bitter old man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who's given a chance for redemption when three ghosts come to visit him on Christmas Eve.
265) Bleak House
Series
Description
Tale of a long extended legal case and the havoc it wrecks in lives over various generations.
267) Scrooge
Pub. Date
2003
Description
The classic Charles Dickens tale of the cold hearted miser who is reformed by the Ghosts of Christmas.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.
269) Nicholas Nickleby
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
A young man is deprived of his rightful fortune and forced to depend on a cruel relative for money after his father dies.
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The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly the spirit of Victorian crime fiction continued beyond Queen Victoria. This volume contains 25 stories and 2 bonus novels, offering hours of reading
...Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A collection of stories about humanity's oldest supernatural obsession: ghosts. The Phantom Coach gathers memorable ghost tales from the Victorian era from Charles Dickens and Edith Wharton to Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Features an introduction to the genre and notes on each story.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: a misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.
Frosty the snowman: a living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
Santa Claus is comin' to town: A mailman reveals the origins of Santa Claus.
The little drummer boy: an orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to...
Pub. Date
2003, c2001
Description
Scrooge is a cynical old man whose greatest concern is money. On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his former business partner, who arranges for Scrooge to be visited by three spirits. Begins with a sequence set in 1857, the site of a live reading by the renowned Dickens. As he begins his story a woman screams because she has seen a mouse and Dickens points out that his story begins with a mouse. Dickens explains that the...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
The lady vanishes (1938): While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
I cover the waterfront (1933): An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Algiers (1938): Beautiful Gaby meets a romantic jewel thief in the mysterious Casbah.
The scarlet letter (1934): In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear...
277) A Christmas carol
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser whose sole pursuit of financial success has left him a bitter and lonely old man. A Christmas Eve visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas.
279) A Christmas carol
Pub. Date
c1995.]
Description
Classic holiday film of how the miser Scrooge finds his view on Christmas changed after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Holiday to remember: in need of a fresh start, Caroline heads to her quaint hometown just in time for Christmas. But when she reunites with her ex-flame, they return to their old, bickering ways.
A Family Thanksgiving: Claudia is a workaholic who has put everything else on the backburner. But with a little bit of magic, she'll realize what's been missing.
Scrooge: the classic story of a miserable miser and the joy he rediscovers about the holidays.
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